Hassan Omar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Petition is timely. We, as a country, require answers to what has really been happening in the Gulf country. This will help us respond to some of these issues which have brought a lot of anxiety about Saudi Arabia because it is a country that calls itself an Islamic State. We need to get to the heart of it. In addition, what bothers me most about the treatment of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia is if someone is breaking the law, say, an employer has thrown a Kenyan domestic worker out of a window and ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was listening to this debate as I drove here. First, the whole standoff which has been precipitated largely by the Speaker of the National Assembly has appeared to erode the credibility of Parliament as an Institution. Every time I go anywhere, people ask how come we cannot agree. It is not true that the Senate has refused to agree, but it is true that one Chamber and its leadership have decided to undermine the other Chamber. The Speaker must be told in no uncertain terms that he has procrastinated the promise of devolution in this country. ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was listening to this debate as I drove here. First, the whole standoff which has been precipitated largely by the Speaker of the National Assembly has appeared to erode the credibility of Parliament as an Institution. Every time I go anywhere, people ask how come we cannot agree. It is not true that the Senate has refused to agree, but it is true that one Chamber and its leadership have decided to undermine the other Chamber. The Speaker must be told in no uncertain terms that he has procrastinated the promise of devolution in this country. ... view
• 9 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. There is a common operational philosophy that you only change something if it does not work. If it is working and serving us well, we need to just let it be. Looking at this list, these are some The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My request for the Floor is not necessarily in the manner in which one votes. Sen. Elachi said that the Constitution allows you to walk out of your party. If you walk out of your party, it means that you go and seek fresh mandate. It is as simple as that. The Political Parties Act --- view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, like those who have said, it is a sad day. Indeed, it is a sad day for this country. When Sen. Dullo and I were in the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, we said there are four ingredients of commissions to make them independent; 1. The process of recruitment of members. 2. To have an independent budget. 3. The mandate of any Commission. 4. The independence of that commission to recruit its own secretariat. When any of these cornerstones are made fragile, then the entire institution is made weak. Today, I am not feeling too ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometimes when we prosecute some of these matters in this House, we must think of today and tomorrow. The Senate Majority Leader was my classmate. It is not a question of us being in the Opposition; it is a question of us irking our consciousness that Sen. Elachi talked about. I have never seen a day when most of my colleagues from the other side voted with consciousness. It is only conscious when my colleagues from the CORD coalition appear to vote with you. This is a very skewed conscious. I urge, as we go forward, ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am bit delighted that Sen. Bule regarded us as his former friends. We are still friends. That said and done, I am urging my colleagues that this is not the end of it. The Senate Majority Leader should find his conscience to bring this amendment back so that we remedy this defect to this The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. It gives me extra ordinary pride to second this Motion. First, before I second the Motion, I want to acknowledge the extra ordinary leadership of Sen. (Prof.) Anyang-Nyong’o, the Senator for Kisumu County. This acknowledgement also goes to the Vice Chairperson, Sen. Kagwe, who also provided outstanding leadership. This is probably one of the most thorough investigations this Senate has undertaken. The Clerk too offered enormous support to this Committee. We also acknowledge the enormous task that was done by literally every department of this Senate; the budget, finance, human resource ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. It gives me extra ordinary pride to second this Motion. First, before I second the Motion, I want to acknowledge the extra ordinary leadership of Sen. (Prof.) Anyang-Nyong’o, the Senator for Kisumu County. This acknowledgement also goes to the Vice Chairperson, Sen. Kagwe, who also provided outstanding leadership. This is probably one of the most thorough investigations this Senate has undertaken. The Clerk too offered enormous support to this Committee. We also acknowledge the enormous task that was done by literally every department of this Senate; the budget, finance, human resource ... view